{"id":4512,"date":"2019-06-03T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2019-06-04T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:01:38","slug":"nsca-and-cscca-announce-safe-return-to-training-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/nsca-and-cscca-announce-safe-return-to-training-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCA and CSCCa Announce Safe Return to Training Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO<\/strong> – The two most prominent strength and conditioning coaches\u2019 organizations, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) have issued a landmark consensus guidelines paper designed to protect athletes returning to training during what are known as \u201ctransition periods\u201d following inactivity. In the past few years, the incidence of injuries and deaths related to exertional heat illness (EHI), exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) and cardiorespiratory failure has increased significantly, and it is the hope of the CSCCa and NSCA that these new consensus guidelines will provide professionals with the guidance to help reduce these incidences in college athletes.<\/p>\n

The paper entitled \u201cCSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods: Safe Return to Training Following Inactivity\u201d has been published in the Strength and Conditioning Journal June 2019 issue, and represents the first collaboration between the CSCCa and NSCA since both organizations were formed.<\/p>\n

This partnership was prompted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports\u2019 request for both organizations to provide guidelines designed to prevent the tragic deaths and catastrophic injuries in student athletes that, statistics show, most often occur during the first two to four weeks of mandatory training following a break. The term \u201ctransition period\u201d is commonly used to describe the two to four weeks of mandatory workouts when an athlete, who has either been on a break of two weeks or longer or is new to a team, is retraining following a period of inactivity.<\/p>\n

The protocols of this paper were developed by experienced strength and conditioning coaches and were researched, supported, and validated by scientists from both organizations. The 18-page document contains many recommendations including: <\/p>\n